Sun Tzu And Geneva Conventions: The Rules Of War

Rules are applicable in almost everything we do, whether it would be sport, school, or life in general. Without rules how would our world function, if there were no rules our society would be in corruption. There would be chaos and riots every day. If there are rules to govern the actions in regular society, there are no exceptions for rules in war. In war there are many laws to justify certain types of tactics or behaviors. These laws fall under the Geneva Conventions. In our modern world we have an intergovernmental organization to enforce certain rules in war to enforce humanity and morality in war, this intergovernmental organization plays the role of the police in regular society. The rules can include not engaging the Red Cross, or accepting
The ancient Chinese were so advanced in their societies that they were able to make wars moral and were able to instill discipline in the battlefield. Sun Tzu explains that there is a strict discipline within their military. Sun Tzu clearly states that there are certain rules to follow during a time of war “a city, although isolated and susceptible to attack, is not to be attacked” (Tzu 113). This quote is saying that although a city is isolated and attackable one should not touch cities, Sun Tzu says this because it is not morally right and justified to attack a city with civilians. It almost seems that war had a different meaning from what it means today. I feel that the rules made by Sun Tzu were made to make war more respectful and to make it a fair battle, was is so respected that there is certain times for war and certain times for a cease fire throughout the
Just like in the reading Sun Tzu was trying to train a couple of the emperor’s concubines to be deadly warriors. At first Sun Tzu chose the two most senior concubines to be in charge to lead the rest of the group, when the concubines were disorganized and taking the training as a joke Sun Tzu went ahead and killed the 2 senior leaders to prove to the group that he is not fooling around. After proving to the group that he is serious and that they must take the training seriously. Sun Tzu was able to successfully train the concubines to be warriors. This just shows that the type of discipline that the ancient Chinese had was strict, in this type of strict environment it is less likely that the foot soldier would disobey orders and go against any rules of war that the emperor gives out